On the north side of the junction. The plaque is mounted on the walls of the churchyard beside the direction sign to the village hall. The plaque is facing the village war memorial cross.

A rectangular white plaque on a rectangular backboard printed with French and English inscriptions. Printed in color, are the images of the crossed flags of the US and France on the top, the insignia of the 9^th Air Force on the bottom left corner, and the 406^th Fighter Squadron on the opposite. On the background is a greyscale picture of a P-47 Thunderbolt. The plaque was inaugurated on October 17, 2021.

On January 22, 1945, aboard a Republic Thunderbolt P47-D #42-27603, 1Lt Wieczorek took off at Tantonville (Y-1) airfield in Meurthe-et-Moselle, when it had a mechanical failure. He couldn't get his fighter/bomber down because he was flying over the Vosges, for a bombing mission to the Colmar Pocket in central Alsace, France. He managed to get out of his plane, but flying at too low altitude, his parachute did not have time to open. He was unfortunately found dead by river bathers on the outskirts of the village of Mortagne. His plane during this time continued its flight for a few moments before crashing into a surrounding hill.

Source of information: Amicale des Maquettistes Internautes Facebook Page

Another source of images: www.findagrave.com

Ici, le 22 janvier 1945, alors qu'il effectuait une mission de

bombardement en direction de l'Alsace, le 1^er lieutenant Henry

WIECZOREK du 406^ème Escadron de chasse de la 9^ème armée

aérienne des Etats-Unis, perdit la vie dans le crash de son

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Here, on january 22.1945,while on a bombing mission over

Alsace, 1st Lieutenant Henry WIECZOREK of the

406th Fighter Squadron of the 9th United

States Air Force, lost his life in the crash of his

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